Siege of Anyang (915)

The Siege of Anyang (915 CE) was a battle of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period of China between the army of Southern Wu and Later Liang. The Wu army destroyed the Liang city, which was ill-defended.

History
The Southern Wu general Lu Tienmang led an army of 63 troops north to besiege the Later Liang city of Anyang in present-day Henan, which was defended by Wan Xuyue. Wu constructed a base at Houhezhen, and they prepared a large army to destroy the Liang base. Anyang was poorly-defended, and a fleet of ten Wu ships discovered that the town was virtually unprotected. An army of Wu troops including siege onagers marched on the city and destroyed the several buildings there, wrecking Liang's city and forcing them to surrender.